Accord 2000 Maintenance

Discussion in 'Accord' started by Rob, May 17, 2004.

  1. Rob

    Rob Guest

    Hi,
    I bought a Honda Accord 2000 SE yesterday, But I didnt receive any
    maintenace record on this car. My question is: Can a Mechanic find out what
    kind of maintenaces (like transmission oil) has been done on this car?
    at what millage I have to replace Engine belt?

    The seller told me the car has no accident, and showed me stickers with VIN
    number on doors and other places, so is that good enough to make sure about
    collision on this car?

    Thanks in advance-Rob
     
    Rob, May 17, 2004
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  2. Rob

    Caroline Guest

    The only shop that might be able to tell you this is the one where the car was
    serviced in the past. Do you know where this shop is?

    If the previous owner used more than one shop to maintain his car, you're
    probably out of luck.
    I assume you mean the engine timing belt.

    Did you get an owner's manual with this car? It will say when the timing belt is
    supposed to be changed. Look in the index under "maintenance schedule."

    If you do not have an owner's manual try the contact info at
    http://www.hondacars.com/info/customer_relations.asp to see about obtaining an
    owner's manual.

    According to the Honda site
    https://www.ahm-ownerlink.com/login.asp?brand=honda, for a FOUR cylinder Honda
    Accord Se it's 105k miles or 7 years, whichever comes first. I didn't see a
    specification for SIX cylinder 2000 Accords, but this particular site is
    notorious for omitting maintenance frequencies of timing belts and is therefore
    garbage as far as I'm concerned.

    Keep checking back here. Someone will probably post the info from their own 2000
    Accord Se owner's manual for you.
    I know car dealers that have service shops have another way of checking. Their
    way uses official government-required reports. Call your nearest Honda dealer
    and ask them if they'll check for you, as a courtesy to you, a new "used Honda"
    owner. They'll want the VIN to do the check. They'll go onto the internet to a
    certain site that I don't think is open to the general public right now.

    Caroline
    1991 Honda Civic LX, 152k miles
     
    Caroline, May 17, 2004
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  3. Rob

    Brian Smith Guest

    Does the car have a dealer sticker on it? Or can you ask the seller where he
    bought it, and/or had it serviced? You should be able to find out through
    Honda's system, what has been done to it, regarding maintenance.
     
    Brian Smith, May 17, 2004
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  4. Rob

    E. Meyer Guest

    Not sure if it works at Honda, but at Nissan, anything that has ever been
    done at any dealer comes up in all their service dept. computers.

    How many miles are on it? If its not a huge amount, I'll bet nothing has
    been done to except maybe oil changes. If you don't have the owners manual,
    you can register the car on the Honda website owner's link. It has a
    maintenance schedule.

    I think if you have already bought the car, it is too late to be worrying
    about past collisions. If you find evidence of one, can you get your money
    back? If not, why do you want to know?
     
    E. Meyer, May 17, 2004
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  5. Rob

    Charlie S Guest

    You just bought a 2000 Honda. Click on the enclosed link:
    https://www.ahm-ownerlink.com/login.asp?page=/prod_home.asp
    register by giving them the cars VIN number. You will be supprised
    what you get....for Free....includes an on-line Owners Manual and
    extended warrentees (Transmition may be warrented for 7 years or
    70,000 miles) etc.
     
    Charlie S, May 18, 2004
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  6. Rob

    Rob Guest

    I went to this site and entered the VIN# but it doesnt like it, it says its
    an invalid VIN#, is that because I am in Canada?
    Thanks-Rob
     
    Rob, May 18, 2004
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